A Taste of Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens Ecosex Manifesto

Ecosex Manifesto 1.0

Elizabeth Stephens & Annie Sprinkle

i.WE ARE THE ECOSEXUALS. The Earth is our lover. We are madly, passionately and fiercely in love, and we are grateful for this relationship each and every day. In order to create a more a mutual and sustainable relationship with the Earth, we collaborate with nature. We treat the Earth with kindness, respect and affection.

ii. WE MAKE LOVE WITH THE EARTH. We are aquaphiles, teraphiles, pyrofiles, and aerophiles. We shamelessly hug trees, massage the earth with our feet, and talk erotically to plants. We are skinny dippers, sun worshipers and stargazers. We caress rocks, are pleasured by waterfalls and admire the Earth’s curves often. We make love to the Earth through our senses. We celebrate our E-spots. We are very dirty.

iii. WE ARE A RAPIDLY GROWING COMMUNITY OF ECOSEXUALS.

This community includes artists, academics, sex-workers, sexologists, healers, environmental activists, nature fetishists, gardeners, business people, therapists, lawyers, peace activists, eco-feminists, scientists, educators (r)evolutionaries, critters and other entities from diverse walks of life. Some of us are SexEcologists, researching the areas where sexology and ecology intersect in our culture. As consumers we aim to buy less. When we must, we buy green, organic and local. Whether on farms, at sea, in the woods, or in small towns or large cities, we connect and empathize with nature.

iv. WE ARE ECOSEX ACTIVISTS. We will save the mountains, waters and skies by any means necessary, especially through love, joy and our powers of seduction. We will stop the rape, abuse and poisoning of the Earth. We do not condone the use of violence, although we understand that some ecosexuals may choose to fight those most guilty for destroying the Earth with public disobedience, anarchist and radical environmental activist strategies. We embrace the revolutionary tactics of art, music, poetry, humor and sex. We work and play tirelessly for Earth justice and global peace. Bombs hurt.

v. ECOSEXUAL IS AN IDENTITY. For some of us being ecosexual is our primary (sexual) identity, whereas for others it is not. Ecosexuals can be GLBTQI, heterosexual, asexual, and/or Other. We invite and encourage ecosexuals to come out. We are everywhere. We are polymorphous and pollen-amorous. We educate people about ecosex culture, community and practices. We hold these truths to be self evident: that we are all part of, not separate from, nature. Thus all sex is ecosex.

vi. THE ECOSEX PLEDGE. I promise to love, honor and cherish you Earth, until death brings us closer together forever.